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   * July 30:    * July 30: 
     * Pariah, Alex Luthor, and Harbinger gather a representative group of super-heroes from each Earth. Harbinger explains the origin of the Multiverse. Harbinger's group of heroes battles the Anti-Monitor. Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) dies battling the Anti-Monitor [Crisis #7]     * Pariah, Alex Luthor, and Harbinger gather a representative group of super-heroes from each Earth. Harbinger explains the origin of the Multiverse. Harbinger's group of heroes battles the Anti-Monitor. Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) dies battling the Anti-Monitor [Crisis #7]
-    * Psi kills Leslie Larson, the non-powered clone of Supergirl, thinking she is her old enemy. Lesla-Lar, as an energy-being, enters her body and merges with her, planning to attack Supergirl herself with a new body, but ends up being changed instead. The merged Leslie Larson/Lesla-Lar exists in a state of confusion for several months as her Kryptonian abilities slowly return. ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/cometsquad1986-04-0/|"Captain Comet's Rehab Squad: In Search Of, Prologue: The Life of Lesla-Lar]]"]+    * Psi kills Leslie Larson, the non-powered clone of Supergirl, thinking she is her old enemy. Lesla-Lar, as an energy-being, enters her body and merges with her, planning to attack Supergirl herself with a new body, but ends up being changed instead. The merged Leslie Larson/Lesla-Lar exists in a state of confusion for several months as her Kryptonian abilities slowly return. ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/cometsquad1986-04-0/|Captain Comet's Rehab Squad: In Search Of, Prologue: The Life of Lesla-Lar]]"]
   * July 31   * July 31
     * Super-heroes and the people of Earth-1 mourn Supergirl. [Crisis #7]     * Super-heroes and the people of Earth-1 mourn Supergirl. [Crisis #7]
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     * Pariah, Harbinger, and Alex Luthor appear at the Earth-1 United Nations. Brainiac issues his challenge to the super-heroes, all on Earth-1 and Earth-2. [Crisis #9]     * Pariah, Harbinger, and Alex Luthor appear at the Earth-1 United Nations. Brainiac issues his challenge to the super-heroes, all on Earth-1 and Earth-2. [Crisis #9]
     * Harbinger and Flash of Earth-2 recruit Kid Flash to help penetrate Brainiac's dimensional barrier. [Crisis #9; "Kid Flash: Wally West in Crisis"]     * Harbinger and Flash of Earth-2 recruit Kid Flash to help penetrate Brainiac's dimensional barrier. [Crisis #9; "Kid Flash: Wally West in Crisis"]
 +  * August 3
     * Heroes travel to Earths X, S, and 4 to battle Brainiac's horde of villains. Psimon, Shaggy Man, and Chemo are destroyed. [Crisis #9, 10; "DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Villain War"]     * Heroes travel to Earths X, S, and 4 to battle Brainiac's horde of villains. Psimon, Shaggy Man, and Chemo are destroyed. [Crisis #9, 10; "DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Villain War"]
     * Steel battles six clones of the Lord of Time in the far future. [JLA #245]     * Steel battles six clones of the Lord of Time in the far future. [JLA #245]
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   * Batman creates the Secret Six, a temporary new team led by Batwoman (Barbara Gordon), to hunt down Gotham's super-villains who are still on the loose after Resurrection Night. Onyx, Man-Bat, Ragman, Black Orchid, and Plastic Man are the other members. Batwoman fails to capture Signalman and Crazy-Quilt. Man-Bat fails to capture Kite Man but captures Clayface III. Black Orchid travels to northern Sweden to capture Mister Freeze but gives him a second chance to become normal again. Plastic Man as "Eel" O'Brian infiltrates Black Mask's False Face Society of Gotham. Ragman captures Night-Slayer and befriends Dr. Leslie Thompkins. When Captain Stingaree attacks Capt. Mark Compass' ship, Onyx stows away on the villain's ship, and Stingaree forces Mister Freeze to help him. Batwoman is disappointed by the failure to recapture most of the 18 escaped villains so far and learns that the Joker is on the loose again. ["Showcase: The Secret Six: Wanted"]   * Batman creates the Secret Six, a temporary new team led by Batwoman (Barbara Gordon), to hunt down Gotham's super-villains who are still on the loose after Resurrection Night. Onyx, Man-Bat, Ragman, Black Orchid, and Plastic Man are the other members. Batwoman fails to capture Signalman and Crazy-Quilt. Man-Bat fails to capture Kite Man but captures Clayface III. Black Orchid travels to northern Sweden to capture Mister Freeze but gives him a second chance to become normal again. Plastic Man as "Eel" O'Brian infiltrates Black Mask's False Face Society of Gotham. Ragman captures Night-Slayer and befriends Dr. Leslie Thompkins. When Captain Stingaree attacks Capt. Mark Compass' ship, Onyx stows away on the villain's ship, and Stingaree forces Mister Freeze to help him. Batwoman is disappointed by the failure to recapture most of the 18 escaped villains so far and learns that the Joker is on the loose again. ["Showcase: The Secret Six: Wanted"]
   * Superman is reunited with the supposed Supergirl, who is really Tala and wants Tannarak to take Superman's body. After the Rehab Squad battles Tala, Phantom Stranger arrives to reveal that the body Tala has is not Supergirl's body but one he created, and he takes her with him. Later, Lesla-Lar arrives under the delusion of being Supergirl of Earth-Prime. Rehab Squad members: Captain Comet, Dolphin, Golden Glider, Starman. Villains: Tala (disguised as Supergirl). Guest appearances: Lesla-Lar (as Supergirl of Earth-Prime), Phantom Stranger, Superman. ["Captain Comet's Rehab Squad: The Return of Supergirl, Chapter 3"]   * Superman is reunited with the supposed Supergirl, who is really Tala and wants Tannarak to take Superman's body. After the Rehab Squad battles Tala, Phantom Stranger arrives to reveal that the body Tala has is not Supergirl's body but one he created, and he takes her with him. Later, Lesla-Lar arrives under the delusion of being Supergirl of Earth-Prime. Rehab Squad members: Captain Comet, Dolphin, Golden Glider, Starman. Villains: Tala (disguised as Supergirl). Guest appearances: Lesla-Lar (as Supergirl of Earth-Prime), Phantom Stranger, Superman. ["Captain Comet's Rehab Squad: The Return of Supergirl, Chapter 3"]
-  * A bunch of super-villains celebrate New Year's Eve at a villain bar called the Bar Sinister operated by the bartender Roy Pinto (formerly Electric Man). Those present include Blackrock, Calendar Man, Captain Boomerang, Captain Cold, Doctor Cyber, Electrocutioner II, Heat Wave, Jack of Spades, Javelin, Mammoth, Poison Ivy, the Riddler, Shimmer, Terra-Man, the Trickster, Warp, and Weather Wizard. They watch as Chronos attempts to pull off a crime in New York's Times Square, but he is foiled by the Vigilante II. ["Showcase: Villains: Auld Lang Syne '85"]+  * December 24: ["The Flash: Dawn"
 +  * December 31: A bunch of super-villains celebrate New Year's Eve at a villain bar called the Bar Sinister operated by the bartender Roy Pinto (formerly Electric Man). Those present include Blackrock, Calendar Man, Captain Boomerang, Captain Cold, Doctor Cyber, Electrocutioner II, Heat Wave, Jack of Spades, Javelin, Mammoth, Poison Ivy, the Riddler, Shimmer, Terra-Man, the Trickster, Warp, and Weather Wizard. They watch as Chronos attempts to pull off a crime in New York's Times Square, but he is foiled by the Vigilante II. ["Showcase: Villains: Auld Lang Syne '85"]
  
 ====1986==== ====1986====
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   * Tom Kalmaku meets Dr. Kimiyo Hoshi (Doctor Light II) of Japan as she arrives at Ferris Aircraft and immediately begins work on Tom's light-based engine. ["Green Lantern: Power and Light"]   * Tom Kalmaku meets Dr. Kimiyo Hoshi (Doctor Light II) of Japan as she arrives at Ferris Aircraft and immediately begins work on Tom's light-based engine. ["Green Lantern: Power and Light"]
   * Lex Luthor and his henchman Louto escape from prison, while Kobra has by now escaped from the L-Zone with Angela Blake and resides in Calcutta. Shortly after, Luthor arranges for Black Hand to be seemingly killed in a knife-fight in prison. ["Superman: Kryptonite City, Epilogue"; "Justice League of America: Pawns of the Power Pirate"]   * Lex Luthor and his henchman Louto escape from prison, while Kobra has by now escaped from the L-Zone with Angela Blake and resides in Calcutta. Shortly after, Luthor arranges for Black Hand to be seemingly killed in a knife-fight in prison. ["Superman: Kryptonite City, Epilogue"; "Justice League of America: Pawns of the Power Pirate"]
 +  * In an untold story, Mister Freeze, Captain Cold, and the Weather Wizard team up to paralyze Star City with a massive blizzard in April. The JLA battles the super-villains while the Flash II is forced to spend an extra shift on monitor duty. //Note: This story can only have taken place in April, 1986.// ["Justice League of America: World's Fiercest"]
   * Captain Comet helps Glynix of Liquel II by fighting in gladiatorial games to save her world, defeating Vartox. He learns that the games are staged by two aliens posing as Darkseid and frees the planet. On Earth, Goldstar (Karin Grace), under the influence of the Star-Band, attacks the Rehab Squad and is only stopped when Rick Flag declares his love for her. Melisande throws the Star-Band into the sea. In space, Vartox convinces Captain Comet to visit his adopted planet of Tynola, where the two battle Starbreaker. Maxima and Melisande, following Comet's trail, arrive for the battle. Maxima decides to stay on Tynola to be with Vartox. ["Captain Comet's Rehab Squad: Maxima Impact"]   * Captain Comet helps Glynix of Liquel II by fighting in gladiatorial games to save her world, defeating Vartox. He learns that the games are staged by two aliens posing as Darkseid and frees the planet. On Earth, Goldstar (Karin Grace), under the influence of the Star-Band, attacks the Rehab Squad and is only stopped when Rick Flag declares his love for her. Melisande throws the Star-Band into the sea. In space, Vartox convinces Captain Comet to visit his adopted planet of Tynola, where the two battle Starbreaker. Maxima and Melisande, following Comet's trail, arrive for the battle. Maxima decides to stay on Tynola to be with Vartox. ["Captain Comet's Rehab Squad: Maxima Impact"]
   * The Flash II brings Frances Kane to Gotham City to meet Nightwing and her distant relative, Betty Kane (Bat-Girl). After Frances is kidnapped by four mind-controlled men, Nightwing and Bat-Girl track them down to an old lair of Doctor Polaris. After defeating the villain, they are captured by Queen Bee, who used the mind-controlled men to lure them into defeating Polaris. Together, he and Frances are used as a power source for the Queen Bee to regain her mobility. Bat-Girl manages to break through to Doctor Polaris' normal personality, Dr. Neal Emerson, and the heroes defeat Queen Bee. Betty becomes Batgirl and plans to get a new costume. ["The New Titans: Family Attractions"]   * The Flash II brings Frances Kane to Gotham City to meet Nightwing and her distant relative, Betty Kane (Bat-Girl). After Frances is kidnapped by four mind-controlled men, Nightwing and Bat-Girl track them down to an old lair of Doctor Polaris. After defeating the villain, they are captured by Queen Bee, who used the mind-controlled men to lure them into defeating Polaris. Together, he and Frances are used as a power source for the Queen Bee to regain her mobility. Bat-Girl manages to break through to Doctor Polaris' normal personality, Dr. Neal Emerson, and the heroes defeat Queen Bee. Betty becomes Batgirl and plans to get a new costume. ["The New Titans: Family Attractions"]
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   * Red Crawford suprises Carrie (the amnesiac Carol Ferris). [Hearts Afire book 2]   * Red Crawford suprises Carrie (the amnesiac Carol Ferris). [Hearts Afire book 2]
   * Batman teams up with Jimmy Olsen to stop the crime wave of the Planet Master. [B&B: Written In the Stars]   * Batman teams up with Jimmy Olsen to stop the crime wave of the Planet Master. [B&B: Written In the Stars]
-  * A strange illness strikes the Grimoire Academy. [The Books of Magic: Fever of Death]+  * February 14: On Valentine's Day, Abby Cable flees from Grimoire Island, returning to Houma, Louisiana. There, Adam Strange tells Abby about Swamp Thing's adventures in outer space. [Swamp Thing: What Friends Are For] 
 +  * February 15: A strange plant-borne illness strikes the Grimoire Academy, explaining Abby Cable's delusions and rage. Gareth Gallowglass leaves Grimoire Island for the first time in 40 years to save Abby Cable, bringing her back to recuperate. [The Books of Magic: Fever of Death]
   * Mirror Master II (aka Mirror Man) has his villain team attack the JLA members. [JLA: Time and Consequences]   * Mirror Master II (aka Mirror Man) has his villain team attack the JLA members. [JLA: Time and Consequences]
   * The JLA must rescue one of their own during Mardi Gras. [JLA: Carnival]   * The JLA must rescue one of their own during Mardi Gras. [JLA: Carnival]
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   * ["Batman: The Bright Light of Sanity"]   * ["Batman: The Bright Light of Sanity"]
   * ["Rip Hunter: The Master of Time"]   * ["Rip Hunter: The Master of Time"]
 +  * December 16: Trenton "Ticks" Avery, a clockwork android created in 1861 by Dr. Josiah Avery and the time-travelling Randall Palmer of the year 2050, is reactivated from his place of slumber and lives with the Deltonio family in Gotham City. ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/showcase-e1-clockwork1988-1/|Showcase: The Clockwork Hero, Chapter 1: Setting the Works]]"]
   * December 18: ["Showcase: Whatever Happened to the Yellow Peri?"]   * December 18: ["Showcase: Whatever Happened to the Yellow Peri?"]
   * December 20: Superman and Changeling deal with some holiday chaos. [Kids From One to Ninety-two]   * December 20: Superman and Changeling deal with some holiday chaos. [Kids From One to Ninety-two]
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   * Timothy Hunter begins his second year at the Grimoire Academy. ["The Books of Magic: The Mysterious Student"]["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/booksofmagic1988-01/|The Books of Magic: The Mysterious Student]]"]   * Timothy Hunter begins his second year at the Grimoire Academy. ["The Books of Magic: The Mysterious Student"]["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/booksofmagic1988-01/|The Books of Magic: The Mysterious Student]]"]
   * Superman teams up with the heroine Dr. Light who changes her name to Hikari. [DCCP: Reflections and Refractions]   * Superman teams up with the heroine Dr. Light who changes her name to Hikari. [DCCP: Reflections and Refractions]
 +  * January 6-7: Trenton "Ticks" Avery becomes known as Clockwork after he stops a bank robbery; he meets Batman that night. //Note: Date is approximate.// ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/showcase-e1-clockwork1988-1/|Showcase: The Clockwork Hero, Chapter 1: Setting the Works]]"]
   * Stephanie Brown becomes Spoiler, Batwoman's teenaged crimefighting partner. ["Batwoman: Daddy's Girl"]   * Stephanie Brown becomes Spoiler, Batwoman's teenaged crimefighting partner. ["Batwoman: Daddy's Girl"]
   * The League throws a bachelor party for Green Arrow, but trouble brews. [JLA: Coming of the Terroristic Triad]   * The League throws a bachelor party for Green Arrow, but trouble brews. [JLA: Coming of the Terroristic Triad]
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   * A team of Asian Global Guardians (Hikari, Rising Sun, Thunderlord, Thunder, Lightning, Sora the Sky Girl) battle the schemes of Doctor Cyber. ["The Global Guardians: The World in Her Image"]   * A team of Asian Global Guardians (Hikari, Rising Sun, Thunderlord, Thunder, Lightning, Sora the Sky Girl) battle the schemes of Doctor Cyber. ["The Global Guardians: The World in Her Image"]
   * ["Spoiler: Back to the Egg"]   * ["Spoiler: Back to the Egg"]
 +  * February 14: Clockwork meets Platinum of the Metal Men at the Gotham Policemen's Ball, and they begin dating soon after. ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/showcase-e1-clockwork1988-3/|Showcase: The Clockwork Hero, Chapter 3: More Than Machine]]"]
   * ["Aquaman: The First Wave"]   * ["Aquaman: The First Wave"]
   * Radea and the Clockworkers, also known as the Guardians of the Clockwork Universe -- UNFINISHED STORY. ["Super-Stars of Space: Radea: Mind Over Matter"]   * Radea and the Clockworkers, also known as the Guardians of the Clockwork Universe -- UNFINISHED STORY. ["Super-Stars of Space: Radea: Mind Over Matter"]
   * ["Justice League of America: It's What You Do With It"]   * ["Justice League of America: It's What You Do With It"]
 +  * February 24: Clockwork battles the Clock. //Note: Date is approximate.// ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/showcase-e1-clockwork1988-4/|Showcase: The Clockwork Hero, Chapter 4: Beating the Clock]]"]
   * ["Superman: Serpent in the Sand"]   * ["Superman: Serpent in the Sand"]
 ===March=== ===March===
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   * ["Showcase: Terror of the Toyman"]   * ["Showcase: Terror of the Toyman"]
   * ["Superman: The Unkindest Cut"]   * ["Superman: The Unkindest Cut"]
-  * ["Superboy: Growing Pains"]+  * ["The New Superboy Adventures: Growing Pains"]
 ===June=== ===June===
   * J'onn J'onzz and Nubia are married on New Mars. ["The Brave and the Bold: The Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman: The Queen of Mars"]   * J'onn J'onzz and Nubia are married on New Mars. ["The Brave and the Bold: The Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman: The Queen of Mars"]
 +  * June 18: Trenton "Ticks" Avery (Clockwork) graduates from the Police Academy and joins the Gotham City SWAT Team. ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/showcase-e1-clockwork1988-4e/|Showcase: The Clockwork Hero, Epilogue: Family Dynamics]]"]
   * Neron creates the Legion of Doom with 13 members to battle the JLA. STORY IN PROGRESS. ["Justice League of America: The Legion of Doom"]   * Neron creates the Legion of Doom with 13 members to battle the JLA. STORY IN PROGRESS. ["Justice League of America: The Legion of Doom"]
 ===July=== ===July===
   * July 4: Bizarro No. 2 searches for someone committing a major crime by impersonating Satan Claus and delivering toys to children all across the Bizarro World. //Note: Christmas on the Bizarro World is never on December 25th.// ["Tales of the Bizarro World: Satan Baby"]   * July 4: Bizarro No. 2 searches for someone committing a major crime by impersonating Satan Claus and delivering toys to children all across the Bizarro World. //Note: Christmas on the Bizarro World is never on December 25th.// ["Tales of the Bizarro World: Satan Baby"]
 +  * ["Showcase: The Sword of Don Juan"]
 ===August=== ===August===
   * August 1: Several of the members of the JLA gather together to remember Barry Allen (the Flash) on the anniversary of his death by telling stories of their team-ups with him. [The Brave and the Bold: Green Arrow and the Flash: Times Past, 1983: The Rainbow Connection]   * August 1: Several of the members of the JLA gather together to remember Barry Allen (the Flash) on the anniversary of his death by telling stories of their team-ups with him. [The Brave and the Bold: Green Arrow and the Flash: Times Past, 1983: The Rainbow Connection]
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